Upcoming Events
How to Hunt Russian Spies from the Comfort of Your Own Home – Eliot Higgins
Eliot Higgins explains how his team uncovered the Skripal suspects, linked them to another assassination attempt, uncovered Russia’s secret Novichok programme, exposed the FSB team that poisoned Alexei Navalny, and uncovered a Russian domestic nerve agent assassination programme, from the comfort of their own homes.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
How to make an apple pie from scratch – Dr Harry Cliff
Carl Sagan said “if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe”. Particle physicist Harry Cliff has spent the last two years attempting to write the ultimate apple pie recipe. How far back can we ultimately go in understanding the very first moments of our universe? Harry will (attempt to) explain.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Communicating statistics to the media: highs and lows during the pandemic (so far) – Professor David Speigelhalter
The current pandemic is notable for the vast traffic in official and unofficial information and claims. David will offer some personal insights into the challenges of trying to bring some illumination to the statistics about the pandemic, illustrated with some examples of things that have gone fairly well, and communication disasters.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.